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An eclectic collection of essays by women on their experiences in gaming. I wish it included bios of the authors, but most can be found on the Kickstarter page for the project:
I'm glad this book, which draws together a wide range of perspectives on women and the gaming industry, exists. That said, I wish it had been done better. As a physical artifact, the book is fine--good cover design, good print production values--but the inside betrays painfully amateur typesetting and a lack of proofreading. I understand that it was a Kickstarter self-pub project, but many of the women involved have careers in publishing (albeit games, not books). But, okay, not everyone shares
A book filled with anecdotes from women in gaming. I read it to get some extra info, but it was clear that I was not the target audience. I’m not sure what I would have wanted to see, but I got some insights.
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This is a collection of essays about women and their love of games, inside and outside the tabletop industry. Some also have video game industry credentials as well.Some essays were uplifting, some depressing. They all show where we came from, and where we need to go. We are not yet all equal in gaming, and we have the power to change that by welcoming all with open arms. Gate keeping only serves to insulate the community - for a group that gets together to have fun, I for one fail to see why we...
Think of this review as a four star plus one star as a bonus because the book was a) a kickstarter project; 2) prefaced by a man that is willing to recognize there is a problem in the industry that his company has addressed to further the fight for equality; and 3) it is about women in an industry that is so ubiquitous and mainstream we forget it is male dominated. These are the stories of women who have broken a glass ceiling a few inches thick and deserve to be recognized outside their workpla...
